Single portrait of a knight of the Holy Sepulchre

General information
Original location Unknown
Current location Unknown
Provenance In the posession of art dealer Artur Malmedé in Cologne in 1937; sold in 2009 by Hampel, Munich
Commissioner
Artist Jan van Scorel (attributed by Friedländer; RKD)
Date 1562 (in text)
Material Oil on panel
Dimensions 63 x 49,5 cm
Visual elements
Short description Portrait of a man, half-lenght, turned to and facing the viewer's right. He carries a palm in his right hand and a parchment roll in his other.
Depicted pilgrim
Personal information
Coat of arms Top left: two semicircular shields; left: in silver a red Jerusalem’s cross (in zilver een rood Jerusalemskruis), right: in red a gold Catharine wheel over all a silver sword in sinister bend (in rood een gouden Catharinarad, over alles een schuinlinks geplaatst zilveren zwaard)
Text Top left: Anno domini 1562
Top right: Aetatis meae 54 (painted over 46)
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Necklace with golden Jerusalem cross; Palm in right hand; Parchment roll in left hand, possibly containing the charter declaring him knight of the Holy Sepulchre (see Cramer)
Attributes other pilgrimages See coat of arms
Additional information
Literature
  • Cramer, Valmar, 'Der Ritterschlag am Heiligen Grabe - zur Entstehung und Frühgeschichte des Ritterordens vom Hl. Grabe', in: Valmar Cramer and Gustav Meinertz, Das heilige Land in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 5 vols. (Cologne 1939-1950), vol. IV, pp. 137-197, pp. 156-157
Description of the RKD
Description of Hampel Kunstauktionen
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